1) Ascendant 2) Ascending 3) Growing or extending upward 4) Rising from the sea 1) Ascending 
ascending; rising; curving upward
• (a.) Ascending • (a.) rising obliquely; curving upward.
As·sur'gent adjective [ Latin assurgens , present participle of assurgere ; ad + surgere to rise.] Ascending ; (Botany) rising obliquely; curving upward. Gray. 
[adj] - (heraldry) rising from the sea 2. [adj] - (botany) growing or extending upward
assurgent Ascending; rising obliquely; curving upward.
adjective growing or extending upward; `an assurgent stem or leaf`
curving upward, as leaves; ascendant.